Rory McIroy is the clear winner in the 2018 rankings for the richest young sports star in Britain and Ireland, according to The Sunday Times Rich List. The 29-year-old golfer from Co. Down has amassed a fortune of £110million (€124.5m), which is an increase of £28million (€31.7m) on his previous year's total. Trailing £27million behind in second place in the list of stars aged 30 or under is Andy Murray, the former British number one whose tennis career is currently being interrupted by a troublesome hip problem that required surgery. The rest of the 17-strong list is comprised of footballers with only unified world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua challenging their domination. The sports stars make up 17 of the richest people aged 30 or under in the new edition of The Sunday Times Young Rich List, worth a combined £615m.

Source: Evening echo May 12, 2018 14:37 UTC